Category: T
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Tisane
A herbal infusion used as tea or for medicinal purposes. A French word for an herb tea. A medical decoction or tea of herbs drunk as a beverage or for its mildly medicinal effect. A herbal tea (often made from flowers) that is not as strong as an infusion. A beverage that is renowned for…
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Tinea
Ringworm, fungal infection on the skin. Dermatomycosis; any number of skin fungus infections, such as ringworm, athlete’s foot, and so forth. It is generally slow to acquire and hard to get rid of. Any of a group of fungus-caused skin diseases, usually characterized by skin lesions, scaling and itchiness; also called roundworm. Lesions of dermatophytoses…
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Tincture
Solution of a drug in alcohol. Liquid herbal preparation made by soaking herb in water and alcohol. Usually a combi.nation of an herb, alcohol, and water. Useful because of the preservative and extractive properties of alcohol on herbs. Extraction of healing medicines from herbs created by using 100-proof alcohols such as vodka, grain alcohol, or…
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TIMP-3
A human gene belongs to the tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) gene family.
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Thyrotoxicosis
Or hyperthyroidism – an overactive thyroid gland, producing excessive circulating free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine, or both. Overactivity of the thyroid gland, leading to excessive secretion of thyroid hormones and resulting in increased basal metabolic rate. Hyperthyroid subjects are lean and have tense nervous activity. Iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis affects mostly older people who have lived for…
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Thymocytes
Are T cell precursors which develop in the thymus. A lymphocyte formed in the thymus gland. A cell that develops in the thymus gland, probably from a stem cell of bone marrow. It is a precursor of T-lymphocytes originating in the gland. Immature T lymphocytes that reside in the thymus. Fewer than 1% of the…
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Thrush
A common mycotic infection caused by yeast, Candida albicans, in the digestive tract or vagina. In children it is characterized by white spots on the tongue. Candidiasis of the oral mucous membranes, fungal infection by Candida albicans with formation of whitish spots. A mycotic disease of the upper digestive tract (mouth, lips, and throat) resulting…
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Thrombus
A fibrinous clot formed in a blood vessel or in a chamber of the heart. An aggregation of blood factors, primarily platelets and fibrin with entrapment of cellular elements, frequently causing vascular obstruction at the point of its formation. Some authorities thus differentiate thrombus formation from simple coagulation or clot formation. A stationary blood clot.…
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Thromboxane B2
The inactive product of thromboxane.
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Thromboxanes
Any of several compounds, originally derived from prostaglandin precursors in platelets, that stimulate aggregation of platelets and constriction of blood vessels. A substance in the body that causes constriction of blood vessels and aggregation (clumping) of platelets. A substance produced in the blood platelets which induces aggregation of platelets and thereby thrombosis. It is also…